The devilish shipowner De Trichère has succeeded in his evil plan to scuttle his own ship and commit insurance fraud. This final chapter of the first arc finds Yann Calec adrift at sea after the Belle-Hélène is torpedoed by a U-boat. He and Rosanna are the only survivors. After fighting off shady fishermen and former Nazis, the two spend an idyll on a desert island... But for Calec, at least, vengeance beckons. He's been through too much to watch the people involved go unpunished. Will revenge cloud the mind of a good man and ruin his chance at happiness?